Under £150

Views over the Wealden countryside, homemade cake, eggs from the hens, country-house comfort... a friendly home and host. Good dinners too!

Rural peace just an hour from London in your own gorgeous converted hay barn, ten minutes from Alton

A cracking English inn with open fires, great food, gorgeous rooms, happy staff, lovely gardens and well-kept English ales

Such a special place, right on the historic Georgian quay – a cosy, friendly place with dogs, children and families welcome in all parts

An 1820s farmhouse at the end of a quiet road in the North York Moors National Park, overlooking a forest and surrounded by fields

Jersey is a dream – sparkling seas, sandy beaches, and this stylish small hotel, where contemporary interiors blend well with ancient walls

A swish and very generous eco barn with a wood-fired hot tub and a view-filled deck close to fabulous walking in the Dales or the Lakes

A smartly renovated village pub with rooms welcoming locals, visitors, families and dogs on a Staffordshire country estate

Peaceful cottage in the heart of Derbyshire, perfect for families, with a pretty garden, hot tub and gorgeous valley views

Two charming coastal path cottages - a stroll from surf school, shop and gastropub. Take both cottages for a big family get-together

Spend happy days in a bright, light space with a belting wood-burner, a sofa for loafing and cider from the orchard

Feather pillows, welcome goodies, an extensive batterie de cuisine... the hosts are super generous, the views are to die for

Your hosts couldn’t be nicer and love to cook – this is a lovely, homely place with a rambling garden

At the foot of the Cambrian Mountains, an ancient whitewashed cottage with cosy, light-flooded interiors – a perfect rural bolthole for two

Come for home baked bread, eggs from the hens, arrays of fresh fruit, and fabulous river views… your hosts do lovely B&B

Great for comfort, beauty, character and home baking. Borrow vintage bikes to explore Cambridge: Christine knows it inside out

Guests love it here, and regularly write to tell us how much they adore the breakfasts, the welcome, the rooms, the tennis - all of it!

A very pretty Victorian gothic house of limestone and brick, sitting peacefully on the edge of the village, eight miles from foodie Ludlow